Canada, Commonwealth. A Rare RCAF Pilot’s Watch, 1942 Auction in Edmonton

in Edmonton

A group of wartime items from the estate of Gefreiter Stefan Brunner

The sweatband is paper with a black patent finish and is untied where the two ends meet

It was noted upon his admission that he had been in the trenches in France about five months

Canada, Commonwealth. A Rare RCAF Pilot’s Watch, 1942 Auction in EdmontonA Second War Royal Canadian Air Force Pilots Watch constructed of a steel casing with a white dial, featuring hour marks in Arabic numerals at the 3, 6, 9, and 12 oclock positions, with dots at the remaining hours, with hour and minute hands, with a functional crown emanating from the side, the hands and numerals have remnants of the phosphorescent paint emitting a slight glow under black light, the caseback bearing an engraved mark of R. C. A. F.,